Your thoughts now on Tiltrotators.

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Monkeybusiness

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My 4 hose tiltys take a bit of faffing about with to fit nicely onto a new machine - they still have a basic control system to switch between tilt/extra service/quickhitch and there is a wiring loom to route and incorporate. I’ve seen them bodged onto machines too.
I stripped the loom out of the bobcat I recently sold (I installed it myself in 2019) and forgot how much of the interior I had to remove from the cab to do so!
 
Furniss

Furniss

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Monkeybusiness said:
My 4 hose tiltys take a bit of faffing about with to fit nicely onto a new machine - they still have a basic control system to switch between tilt/extra service/quickhitch and there is a wiring loom to route and incorporate. I’ve seen them bodged onto machines too.
I stripped the loom out of the bobcat I recently sold (I installed it myself in 2019) and forgot how much of the interior I had to remove from the cab to do so!
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Yeah surprised me too how much was involved in a "basic" plug n play setup - he did a lovely job on mine but I wouldn't of been capable of it as a one off.
 
Storrsy

Storrsy

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Monkeybusiness said:
My 4 hose tiltys take a bit of faffing about with to fit nicely onto a new machine - they still have a basic control system to switch between tilt/extra service/quickhitch and there is a wiring loom to route and incorporate. I’ve seen them bodged onto machines too.
I stripped the loom out of the bobcat I recently sold (I installed it myself in 2019) and forgot how much of the interior I had to remove from the cab to do so!
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Ah fair enough I thought they literally just plugged into the various hydraulic lines. Forgot the 'lectrics.
 
doobin

doobin

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Monkeybusiness said:
If there are no hydraulics through the hitch (ie 3rd service and/or hydraulic q/h below) running off the 4 hoses then there are no electrics. Not many are that basic though.
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I’m a big fan of a six pipe system, so with hitch lines also. Could even make mine an 8 pipe, there’s two through ports!

Not a fan of running a grab under a tilty so it works for me.
 
Furniss

Furniss

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Bought my grab to do this job but found it pretty nervous for precise work with the build height total and not great for holding the slate , well built grab but maybe not suitable for what i was trying to achieve,or I was just poor with it which is entirely possible :
We put a strap round the slates and guided them into place by hand in the end.
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Monkeybusiness

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99% of what I do in a digger involves a grab under a tilty - I massively prefer them to stand-alone rotator grabs tbh. Way more holding power, and the ability to tilt increases versatility on certain jobs too. And you can dig with them….
 
Storrsy

Storrsy

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Monkeybusiness said:
99% of what I do in a digger involves a grab under a tilty - I massively prefer them to stand-alone rotator grabs tbh. Way more holding power, and the ability to tilt increases versatility on certain jobs too. And you can dig with them….
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On your TB230 with S40 (?) how much does the tilty and grab weigh though?
 
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Monkeybusiness

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Storrsy said:
On your TB230 with S40 (?) how much does the tilty and grab weigh though?
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Too much tbh! But the tilty I have on the 3 tonner was originally on my 6 tonner (it’s an RC20) and is a size up from what would be best suited to it.
My 3 tonne setup has never been a great marriage of tiltrotator to digger and I might swap it for an R1 at some point in the future if I have a tax bill and a load of spare dosh. It is very heavy and has a massive build height, but it does what I need very well (you do have to drive it with your backside-tilt-alarm switched on though!).
I haven’t actually tried it on the 230 yet as am waiting on a hitch but that’s a different story… 😂
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Monkeybusiness said:
Too much tbh! But the tilty I have on the 3 tonner was originally on my 6 tonner (it’s an RC20) and is a size up from what would be best suited to it.
My 3 tonne setup has never been a great marriage of tiltrotator to digger and I might swap it for an R1 at some point in the future if I have a tax bill and a load of spare dosh. It is very heavy and has a massive build height, but it does what I need very well (you do have to drive it with your backside-tilt-alarm switched on though!).
I haven’t actually tried it on the 230 yet as am waiting on a hitch but that’s a different story… 😂
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the idea is to deal with the ''spare dosh'' situation, to avoid getting a tax bill Dan :oops:;):ROFLMAO: ..... 's why I had such a nice 8ft palisade round my entire yard - building / property maintenance was 100% deductable :giggle: .. with capital plant a close second at the end of the year - time for new toys :giggle::giggle:;)(y)
 
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